Harry Bacharach

Harry Bacharach (24 October 1873-13 May 1947) was Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey from 1916 to 1920 and from 1930 to 1935 as a Republican Party member.

Biography
Harry Bacharach was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 24 October 1873, the brother of Congressman Isaac Bacharach. Bacharach decided to join the US Republican Party, and he attempted to use fraud to win the 1910 Atlantic City, New Jersey mayoral election; he failed, and he was unsuccessfully prosecuted in 1914. In 1916, he was elected Mayor, and he became close friends with Atlantic County Treasurer Enoch Thompson, one of the most powerful and influential politicians and criminals in New Jersey. On 16 January 1920, they agreed to make sure that Atlantic City did not go dry like the rest of the country, and they allowed bootlegging in the city. Bacharach left office in December 1920, and construction magnate Edward Bader became the new mayor; Bacharach would be re-elected in 1930, serving until 1935. He died in 1947 at the age of 73.